Greek inflation jumped to 5.3 pct in May, up from 4.7 pct in April, Eurostat announced on Wednesday.
The EU executiveâs statistics agency, in a report, said the inflation rate in the Eurozone rose to 1.6 pct in May from 1.5 pct in April (it was zero in May 2009), (ANA-MPA) while in the EU-27, the inflation rate was unchanged at 2.0 pct in May (0.8 pct in May 2009).
Latvia (-2.4 pct), Ireland (-1.9 pct) and the Netherlands (0.4 pct) recorded the lowest inflation rates, while Greece (5.3 pct), Hungary (4.9 pct) and Romania (4.4 pct) the highest levels. The inflation rate rose in 12 EU-member states; it was unchanged in five and fell in 10 member-states.
(source: ana-mpa)
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